Michel Boulanger

PAINTING
11.28–12.22.1991

Michel Boulanger’s exhibition consists of a triptych of three large-format landscapes. These paintings invite reflection on a central theme: resemblance. Within the painting, every sign has the potential to conceal one or more others. This abundance of resemblances seems to seek to bridge the chasm between the visible and its representation in the image. Michel Boulanger’s paintings encourage the viewer to extend, structure, and compare what they see in order to assign it an identity—an ever-elusive identity, where ultimately only the laws of the gaze retain some semblance of reality. What lies behind this interplay of the same and the other? Is our gaze neutral, our analogies universal, and our resemblances natural?